Fraga, Huesca, Spain – The first Music Market in Aragon will begin Tuesday, May 17. The Market is designed with a view to the current…
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The King of Bluegrass, Jimmy Martin, Dies in Nashville
Nashville, Tennessee, USA – Bluegrass musician Jimmy Martin passed away May 14, 2005 at approximately 8:45 a.m.. Martin had been fighting cancer for several weeks.…
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San Francisco, California, USA – The Rough Guide To The Music Of Sudan includes the diverse and rich music that has emerged from Africa’s largest…
View More The Rough Guide To The Music Of SudanNadi Ikhwan Safaa (Malindi Taarab) 100th Anniversary Celebrations
Zanzibar, Tanzania – Founded in 1905, this orchestra can probably trace its roots back further than any other orchestra in Africa. Every known musician from…
View More Nadi Ikhwan Safaa (Malindi Taarab) 100th Anniversary CelebrationsThe Alan Lomax Database Goes Online
USA – The Alan Lomax Archive has announced the culmination of its seven-year effort to preserve and disseminate the work of one of the 20th…
View More The Alan Lomax Database Goes OnlinePopular Afghan Singer Killed in Vancouver
Vancouver, Canada – Police sources in Vancouver reported that popular Afghan singer Nasrat Parsa was found injured outside his hotel in East Vancouver after a…
View More Popular Afghan Singer Killed in VancouverCheb i Sabbah’s Releases La Kahena
San Francisco, California, USA – Six Degrees Records is releasing the newest album by Cheb i Sabbah entitled La Kahena and aptly sub-titled Les Voix…
View More Cheb i Sabbah’s Releases La KahenaCall for artists for 3rd Sauti za Busara Festival, 9th-12th February 2006
Zanzibar, Tanzania – Sauti za Busara is primarily a music festival, but applications are accepted from theatre and dance companies and other performing artists. The…
View More Call for artists for 3rd Sauti za Busara Festival, 9th-12th February 2006The Rough Guide To Zydeco
San Francisco, California, USA – Zydeco is the driving accordion-led dance music of the Louisiana Creoles. Originally of French origin, it has been heavily influenced…
View More The Rough Guide To ZydecoSiberian World Music
New York City, USA – Out of Nowhere (Heads Up International), the album electric guitarist Yuri Matveyev and electric violinist Artyom Yakushenko could be defined…
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